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Webster 1913 Edition

Ketch

Ketch

(kĕch)
,
Noun.
[Prob. corrupted fr. Turk.
qāīq
: cf. F.
caiche
. Cf.
Caïque
.]
(Naut.)
1.
An almost obsolete form of sailing vessel, with a mainmast and a mizzenmast, – usually from one hundred to two hundred and fifty tons burden.
Bomb ketch
.
See under
Bomb
.

Ketch

,
Noun.
A hangman. See
Jack Ketch
.

Ketch

,
Verb.
T.
[See
Catch
.]
To catch.
[Now obs. in spelling, and colloq. in pronunciation.]
To
ketch
him at a vantage in his snares.
Spenser.

Webster 1828 Edition

Ketch

KETCH

,
Noun.
A vessel with two masts, a main and mizen-mast,usually from 100 to 250 tones burden. Ketches are generally used as yachts or as bomb-vessels. The latter are called bomb-ketches.

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